The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 27, 2017
Waxing Crescent
34.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 PM
11:43 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.3%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1171
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.3° / 97.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 00m / -11.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.01° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.92° / -6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.51° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.